PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The Stony Brook men's basketball team fell to Brown on Wednesday afternoon, 77-54. Joe Octave led all scorers with a season-best 24 points, but it was not enough to overcome an efficient shooting performance by the Bears.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• After a back-and-forth scoring exchange between the two sides over the opening three minutes of action, Stony Brook cooled off and Brown heated up. The Bears opened up a 16-point lead, 21-5, to force a Seawolves' timeout at the 12:13 mark.
• Stony Brook managed to whittle the early deficit to 11 points, but couldn't pull within single digits of Brown. The Bears lead grew to 21 points with just over five minutes remaining in the period.
• Brown maintained its sizable advantage down the stretch in the first half, taking a 43-24 lead into the locker room. Octave accounted for 17 of the Seawolves' 24 first-half points
• The Seawolves battled back, bringing their deficit to 13 points on a few occasions in the early portion of the second half before Brown pushed the advantage back to 20-plus points.
• The Bears' lead ballooned to 30 points with six-and-a-half minutes remaining. Stony Brook ultimately fell, 77-54, to Brown.

• Octave registered team highs in points (24) and rebounds (7). Octave's 24 points marked a season-best effort in the scoring column, with 17 of his points coming during the first half of action.
• Ben Wight added 17 points, a season-best mark. Wight finished a perfect 7-for-7 from the field and added five rebounds and three steals.
• Octave and Wight accounted for 76 percent of Stony Brook's scoring output. Four other Seawolves combined to score 13 points.
• Octave's 24-point outing marked the first 20-point scoring effort by a Seawolf since Tyler Stephenson-Moore's 26-point performance in last season's CAA Championship game against Charleston.
• The Seawolves finished 1-for-16 (6.3%) from beyond the arc. Stony Brook connected on 11-of-16 at the charity stripe.
• Stony Brook committed 15 turnovers, seeing Brown turn the transgressions into 12 points.

QUOTES FROM THE SEAWOLVES
"We obviously aren't playing very well right now, but I thought Ben had another really good game and Joe really battled and gave us a good performance," head coach Geno Ford said. "We need to get some other guys going. Sunday is a huge game for us against a really well-coached and talented Norfolk State team."

UP NEXT
Stony Brook heads home to face Norfolk State on Sunday, December 1. Tip-off between the Seawolves and Spartans is scheduled for 1 p.m. from Stony Brook Arena, with the contest airing live on SNY and FloCollege. The Seawolves improved to 4-1 all-time against Norfolk State with an 84-78 win over the Spartans on Long Island last season.

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